Getting Rich from Legend of Zhen Huan

Thirty-six years had passed as the whole capital was celebrating Jiang Chen's recognition of his relatives. At the beginning of the spring of the thirty-seventh year, good news came. The war that had lasted for more than two years was finally coming to an end.

It is said that brothers fight tigers together, and fathers and sons fight together in battle. Kangxi personally commanded the battle, so naturally he also arranged his adult sons to fight on the battlefield so that they could gain some military merits.

Now that the war is over, it is time to reward people for their merits.

From a professional perspective, the crown prince was in the capital city regulating the country, and only the eldest, third, and fourth princes went to the battlefield; from a personal perspective, Kangxi had many sons, and the princes' palace was no longer full, and it was time for the adult princes to leave the palace and set up their own residences.

However, Kangxi recalled the incident in the thirty-third year when the Fourth Prince contradicted his own mother, and felt that the Fourth Prince was still impatient and lacked experience.

So, Kangxi made a decision. The eldest prince fought bravely on the front line and made numerous military achievements, so he was given the title of Prince of Zhi. The third prince was worried about Kangxi when he was ill and came to visit him without stopping, so he was given the title of Prince of Cheng. The fourth prince was just a military supervisor, without any great achievements, and his temperament was not stable, so he was still given the title of Beile.

In this way, the Fourth Prince, who had been in the court for several years, was awarded the title of Duroberle together with the Fifth Prince, the Seventh Prince, and the Eighth Prince.

This made the Fourth Prince very embarrassed. In terms of seniority, the Third Prince was not much better than himself. They were less than a year apart in age, so how come he had the same title as his younger brothers?

Liu Youyou really didn't want to pay any attention to the Fourth Prince, but who made her the Fourth Prince's confidant?

I can only be thankful that I have a baby in my arms now. The Fourth Prince is not one who would sacrifice himself. He would just take care of Liu Youyou's belly during the day and then spend the night with someone else. Otherwise, Liu Youyou would have to serve an unpredictable bomb.

Moreover, Liu Youyou was very glad that she had the foresight to not expose her sensitivity to political affairs. She could pretend to be talking nonsense, and the only way to comfort the Fourth Prince was to follow the Fourth Prince in saying that the Third Prince was unworthy of his position, or even to imply that Kangxi was partial to him, and so on.

Of course, complaints about Kangxi's partiality can only be a secondary injury to the Fourth Prince. Who is he talking about when he says, "This little transparent person who is not loved by his father and mother"?

But what does this have to do with Liu Youyou? I have another one in my arms. The imperial physician has told me not to let my emotions fluctuate. I have even cursed with you, what else do you want from me?

In other words, every time the Fourth Prince came to Liu Youyou to relieve his boredom, Liu Youyou would feel secretly happy when she saw him speechless and she would sleep better at night.

It's just that the other princesses in the backyard have worked hard. The Fourth Prince can only vent his anger at Liu Youyou on others. Of course, there is also someone who makes the Fourth Prince so depressed that he vomits blood, such as Princess Li Jingyan, who can't understand what people say.

Ah? What's wrong with you, sir? What did you say? I don't understand. After a series of punches, the Fourth Prince was angry and had no influence on Li Jingyan at all.

While the Fourth Prince was still recovering from the depression of being conferred the title of Beile, Jiang Chen's research on sweet potatoes finally produced results.

With the cultivation experience of several generations of the Chen family, and Jiang Chen's continuous attempts, he finally determined that sweet potatoes can not only take root and sprout in fertile soil, but also grow and take root in sandy land, and can even be planted in the corners of residences. If properly preserved, it will be fine for a year. Although it is not as good as rice and wheat, the high yield of sweet potatoes has made up for this shortcoming.

Such a good thing should be promoted as soon as possible, so after Kangxi dealt with the war, Jiang Chen wrote a memorial to Kangxi detailing the sweet potatoes.

When Kangxi reviewed Jiang Chen's memorial, he thought for a moment that he was dreaming, otherwise how could he see a crop that could produce 800 kilograms per mu in the memorial.

If Kangxi had not been sure that Jiang Chen would not exaggerate for his political achievements, he would have directly ordered Jiang Chen to be arrested.

It is impossible for Jiang Chen to fake such a thing. It was like a piece of pie fell on Kangxi's head. Such high-yield crops were discovered under his rule. Doesn't this prove that he is a wise emperor?

Kangxi could not contain his excitement and asked Liang Jiugong to summon Jiang Chen directly to meet him.

Kangxi couldn't wait for Jiang Chen to finish paying his respects, and asked directly: "Wangxuan, is everything you said in your memorial true?"

Jiang Chen replied respectfully: "I have done experiments in growing sweet potatoes at the farm and in several places in the north. Everything written in the memorial is true. I dare not deceive the emperor."

Kangxi could no longer sit still after receiving the definite answer, "Wangxuan, I want to go to your farm to take a look."

Only when he actually saw the thing could Kangxi feel at ease.

The emperor is incognito, Jiang Chen dare not take such a responsibility, "Your Majesty, how can you let Bai Longyu obey you? It is better to let your servants transport all the sweet potatoes to the Royal Farm, and let the skilled farmers in the Royal Farm cultivate them, and then you can inspect them."

Kangxi couldn't wait until that time. Due to the temperature in the north, sweet potatoes could only be harvested once a year. If he missed it this year, he didn't know when he would be able to see the real thing.

"Don't worry, Wangxuan. I will take you straight to the farm without stopping."

Seeing that Kangxi insisted on doing so, Jiang Chen had no choice but to bring Kangxi to the farm.

It was only March, and it was not the season for sweet potatoes to mature. Jiang Chen thought of his life in the south, where crops could be harvested more than once a year, thanks to the warm climate throughout the year. Although he could not achieve such a temperature outdoors, it was still feasible indoors.

Therefore, Jiang Chen built several well-sealed rooms, in which charcoal fires were burned every day to maintain a temperature suitable for the growth of sweet potatoes, thereby speeding up the progress of sweet potato research.

The sweet potatoes that were inspected by Emperor Kangxi were grown in such a house. In such a confined space, crops were grown and watered and fertilized all day long, so the smell in the house must not be very good.

Kangxi stopped Jiang Chen from apologizing. He had worked in the fields before, so the smell was not so unbearable.

Jiang Chen demonstrated by digging out a dozen lumps of earth from under a sweet potato, each bigger than an adult man's fist.

Kangxi followed suit and started digging the soil himself. After harvesting more than ten lumps of soil, Kangxi called on the guards to dig out all the sweet potatoes in the field.

The guards following Kangxi were not only responsible for fighting and killing. On the contrary, these guards were both civil and military and were deeply trusted by Kangxi. As long as there was an opportunity, they would naturally be promoted.

Seeing the yield of this clod of earth, the guards did not mind that it was earthy and each of them took tools and started digging.

Finally, with everyone's concerted efforts, all the sweet potatoes in the house were gathered together. The guard in charge of the statistics couldn't believe the data and said, "Your Majesty, the sweet potatoes we dug today weighed 976 kilograms."